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- The brutal beating and death of Vincent Chin near a Detroit nightclub enraged the Asian American community and led to changes in the legal system. Read from Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØexpert Jennifer Ho on The Conversation.
- Subalpine wetlands in the Rocky Mountains are warming, creating the perfect conditions for producing methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin, which is a concern for downstream water supplies. Read from Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØexpert Eve-Lyn Hinckley on The Conversation.
- Griswold v. Connecticut, the 1965 Supreme Court ruling protecting a husband and wife’s right to contraception, set the precedent for several other landmark cases about sex and privacy. Read from Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØexpert Samira Mehta on The Conversation.
- The law requires crowdfunded startups to report back to investors. The reality? Most don’t. Read from Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØexpert Andrew Schwartz on The Conversation.
- Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges of water into Juneau for three straight summers. Read from Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØexpert Alton Byers and a colleague on The Conversation.
- The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that natural phenomenon. Read from Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØexpert Pedro DiNezio and a colleague on The Conversation.
- During much of the last century, moose were apparently rare in Colorado, but encounters with humans are becoming more common as the population increases. Read from Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØexpert William Taylor and colleagues on The Conversation.
- The Marshall Fire Story Project was started to preserve the stories of people affected by the 2021 fire that killed two people and destroyed over 1,000 structures. Read from Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØexperts Kathryn Goldfarb and Lucas Rozell on The Conversation.
- While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates in the United States are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated. Read from Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØexpert Leslie Root and colleagues on The Conversation.
- Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder's Renée Crown Wellness Institute offers support to new mothers that is community-rooted, evidence-based and scalable. Read from experts Sona Dimidjian and Anahi Collado on The Conversation.